crucify

cru·ci·fy

C0774400 (kro͞o′sə-fī′)tr.v. cru·ci·fied, cru·ci·fy·ing, cru·ci·fies 1. To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross.2. To mortify or subdue (the flesh).3. To treat cruelly; torment: crucified the awkward child with teasing.4. To criticize harshly; pillory: The media crucified the politician for breaking a campaign pledge.

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[Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucifier, alteration of Latin crucifīgere : crux, cruc-, cross + fīgere, to attach; see dhīg^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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cru′ci·fi′er n.

crucify

(ˈkruːsɪˌfaɪ) vb (tr) , -fies, -fying or -fied1. to put to death by crucifixion2. slang to defeat, ridicule, etc, totally: the critics crucified his performance. 3. to treat very cruelly; torment4. to subdue (passion, lust, etc); mortify[C13: from Old French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifīgere to crucify, to fasten to a cross, from Latin crux cross + fīgere to fasten] ˈcruciˌfier n

cru•ci•fy

(ˈkru səˌfaɪ)

v.t. -fied, -fy•ing. 1. to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross. 2. to persecute or torment. 3. to subdue or repress (passion, sin, etc.). 4. to punish or criticize severely. [1325–75; Middle English crucifien < Anglo-French, Old French crucifier < Latin crucifīgere= Latin cruci-, s. of crux cross + fīgere to fix, bind fast] cru′ci•fi`er, n.

crucify

Past participle: crucified
Gerund: crucifying

Imperative
crucify
crucify

Present
I crucify
you crucify
he/she/it crucifies
we crucify
you crucify
they crucify

Preterite
I crucified
you crucified
he/she/it crucified
we crucified
you crucified
they crucified

Present Continuous
I am crucifying
you are crucifying
he/she/it is crucifying
we are crucifying
you are crucifying
they are crucifying

Present Perfect
I have crucified
you have crucified
he/she/it has crucified
we have crucified
you have crucified
they have crucified

Past Continuous
I was crucifying
you were crucifying
he/she/it was crucifying
we were crucifying
you were crucifying
they were crucifying

Past Perfect
I had crucified
you had crucified
he/she/it had crucified
we had crucified
you had crucified
they had crucified

Future
I will crucify
you will crucify
he/she/it will crucify
we will crucify
you will crucify
they will crucify

Future Perfect
I will have crucified
you will have crucified
he/she/it will have crucified
we will have crucified
you will have crucified
they will have crucified

Future Continuous
I will be crucifying
you will be crucifying
he/she/it will be crucifying
we will be crucifying
you will be crucifying
they will be crucifying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crucifying
you have been crucifying
he/she/it has been crucifying
we have been crucifying
you have been crucifying
they have been crucifying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crucifying
you will have been crucifying
he/she/it will have been crucifying
we will have been crucifying
you will have been crucifying
they will have been crucifying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crucifying
you had been crucifying
he/she/it had been crucifying
we had been crucifying
you had been crucifying
they had been crucifying

Conditional
I would crucify
you would crucify
he/she/it would crucify
we would crucify
you would crucify
they would crucify

Past Conditional
I would have crucified
you would have crucified
he/she/it would have crucified
we would have crucified
you would have crucified
they would have crucified

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	crucify - kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"execute, put to death - kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"
	2.	crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustratemadden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nervesbeset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"hamstring - make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
	3.	crucify - hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"mortify, subduemortify - practice self-denial of one's body and appetitescurb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
	4.	crucify - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"savage, pillory, blastcriticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"

crucify

verb1. execute, put to death, nail to a cross the day that Christ was crucified2. (Slang) pan (informal), rubbish (informal), ridicule, slag (off) (slang), lampoon, wipe the floor with (informal), tear to pieces She was crucified by the critics for her performance.3. torture, rack, torment, harrow He had been crucified by guilt ever since his child's death.

crucify

verbTo subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing:rack, torment, torture.Idiom: put on the rack.

Translations

钉死在十字架上

crucify

(ˈkruːsifai) verb to put to death by fixing the hands and feet to a cross. Christ was crucified. 釘死在十字架上 钉死在十字架上ˈcrucifix (-fiks) noun a figure of Christ on the cross. 有耶穌的十字架 耶稣钉在十字架上的图像，十字架 ˌcruciˈfixion (-ˈfikʃən) noun (a) death on the cross, especially that of Christ. 耶穌受難 耶稣受难像（指耶稣钉死在十字架上的图像）